Honig v. Wisconsin Elections Commission

Vote Dilution
Dane County Circuit Court

The Center for Election Confidence (CEC) supported proposed Defendant-Intervenors Billie L. Johnson and Kendall E. Post, in a suit in Dane County, Wisconsin, Circuit Court to protect their votes against dilution ordered by the Wisconsin Elections Commission to account for 23 unlawful ballots improperly included in the final election returns.  Following indications that the Wisconsin Department of Justice would not effectively defend the rights of Madison voters against unlawful vote dilution, Mr. Johnson and Mr. Post moved to intervene on behalf of Defendants. Despite denial of intervention without prejudice, proposed Defendant-Intervenors succeeded at argument in convincing the court to limit the case to an as-applied challenge.